where a woman is dead after being hit by a car overnight and now police are searching for that driver. "today in the bay's" marla tellez is the first reporter on the scene of that crash south of downtown just blocks from the municipal baseball stadium. marla, what's happening out there? >> reporter: i can tell you it's still a very active scene that's happened just about five hours ago and plenty of san jose police on scene including sergeant gray conley who joins us live to explain to us what happened. we do understand that a woman was attempting to cross monterey road at bellevue avenue when she was struck and killed about 1:00 this morning. what information do you have to go on? >> we had a couple of witnesses that were out here that witnessed the collision. they said it was a dark colored vehicle, possibly a honda and it has severe front end damage. >> reporter: caused from the impact of hitting the woman? >> correct. >> reporter: so what else can you tell us?

how do you come to an end to this investigation? >> the evidence that we collect up off the street, the statements that we gather and any kind of film footage that we'll get from any cameras on the street here will lead hopefully to a positive end to the investigation. >> reporter: no sign that the driver even attempted to stop? >> that i don't know. >> reporter: as for the woman who passed away? >> right now that's in the coroner's hands on identifying the lady that died. >> reporter: and in terms of traffic for the morning commute here on monterey road, this is a busy thoroughfare no doubt about it. when do you expect to open it? >> hopefully within the next 15 minutes. >> reporter: soon enough. sergeant conley, thank you for your time this morning. >> you're welcome. >> reporter: this investigation getting ready to wrap up on monterey road near bellevue avenue where a woman was struck and killed about 1:00 this morning. police have little to go on. they say that it was a dark colored vehicle that hit her.

she died at the hospital at 1:50 this morning. if you have any information, you are asked to call san jose police. live in san jose, marla tellez, "today in the bay." we have new video this morning of a fire that swept through an elderly care home in walnut creek forcing five people out of their homes. early reports suggest the flames were united on a kitchen stove and spread to nearby cabinets. an elderly woman was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. everyone displaced will be moved to nearby care centers for the time being. new details just released by police in a deadly attack on elderly newspaper vendor in san francisco. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live near the montgomery b.a.r.t. station where that man most recently sold papers. the victim nothing short of a fixture in san francisco who sold papers there for about 30 years. >> reporter: absolutely. good morning to you, jon. hard to believe this actually

happened. this happened about 11:00 in the morning and san francisco police are saying that someone threw dallas ayers to the ground actually. he was taken to the hospital with hip injuries and later died. he sold newspapers in san francisco for at least 30 years including the san francisco chronicle. i just spoke with james miller who is now filling in working the newsstand near the b.a.r.t. station. he tells us he's known ayers all his life. that his dad and ayers were friends. he's upset this morning saying that he was a good and caring man. police are treating this as a homicide. miller tells us he thinks it could possibly be a robbery because his wallet was gone but police are calling it a battery. miller says this is all very hard to take. >> a couple years ago my grandmother passed away and i feel the same efmptiness then a i do now.

an important piece of your life and disappears on you. it really hits you. >> reporter: a customer brought flowers to the stand just this morning. the assailant is described as a white man, full beard, 35 to 40 years old, 5'9", wearing a sweater, blue jeans and black shoes. ayers had been mugged a couple times before and as a result of that he never carried cash with him any way. he says he absolutely loved his job. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." 6:06. a mayday mystery as a search continues for a family lost at sea. the coast guard needs your help identifying the person that made the call for help. >> we are abandoning ship. this is the charm blower. we're abandoning ship. >> the coast guard is still searching for a man, woman and two young children believed to be onboard a 29-foot sailboat 65 miles off the coast of monterey on sunday when they reported the boat was taking on water.

>> they had life jackets and not much other safety equipment. they were trying to fashion a life raft out of coolers and other objects aboard the sailboat. >> the series of distress calls started around 4:00 sunday afternoon. the coast guard, navy and air national guard are all searching the waters. so far there's been no sign of the family or the boat. the coast guard says so far they do not believe the mayday call was a hoax. let's check back in with christina loren and if i recall correctly, she had written up on one of her graphics, plentiful sunshine for our afternoon. i like the sign of it. >> my gift to you. you two deserve it. 6:07. it will be nice. a couple live pictures to show you how gorgeous it is already. the sun comes up in about 40 minutes right now. you can see san jose crystal clear. let's show you what's left of the moon. the moon setting in the west here in san francisco. just a lovely way to start the day as the moon sets and sun rises over the bay area.

39 to start in san jose. 34 in gilroy. 36 degrees in concord. taking you through the hour by hour forecast for today. we stop the clock at noon. high noon, 61 degrees in san jose. comfortable conditions to break for lunch. we'll round out the day closer to 70. 69 in fairfield. 68 for livermore. 65 in fremont. 64 degrees in san francisco and oakland. a change on the way as we head through the end of the week. temperatures keep climbing. we'll track the storm system for you. seven-day outlook ready to go in my next report. first, a traffic tuesday and i notice a lot more commuters out there. >> they will bunch up heading up through oakland. this is northbound 880 that's the problem right now. volume as christina talks about with commuters on the roadway northbound with taillights past the coliseum and on the maps we'll show you the same area marking it with the arrow for you. north of there around fruitvale speeds dip and slam down toward the oak street off-ramp. new location updated from chp. sounds like two, maybe three

lanes are blocked by a crash involving a sedan, a pickup with a camper, a garbage truck. debris in the roadway. west 580 is the alternate. if you can get over there, use it. if you can't, plan on big delays. we're waiting for a tow truck. chp is not even on scene. this could be a big problem. it just happened a few minutes ago heading up northbound toward broadway and oak street. as we track that, we'll also get you a look outside to see how things are shaping up. volume for south bay and folks had vacation last week. we expect a much bigger commute this morning. we see slowing already. back to you. >> thanks so much. it is 6:09 right now. coming up, we know the proper name to call the pope once he retires. we'll tell you what it is just ahead. flipping the switch. we'll tell you why city streets throughout san jose are about to become brighter just ahead. headed back to the international space station. space x gets this much closer. we'll take a look coming up. >> she had half of her dinner

and headed north and just kept heading north and heading north. >> heading north. >> heading wherever she wants to go. soaring the skies over the bay. the high tech twist that helped rescuers tail a bald eagle on a three-day flight. we'll have that just ahead.

it's been said many times before anything worth having is worth waiting for. i guess we'll find out later tonight if that's truly the case when the san jose city council gets its very first look at a plan to revitalize japantown. the original plan had to be shelved when the economy took a turn for the worst five years ago. bob redell is live with more on why this thing has new life now. bob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, jon. for many years the city of san

jose has wanted to redevelop this five to six acre site of an eyesore in japantown surrounded by chain link and concreted boarded by 6th, 7th, taylor and jackson street. this site used to be vibrant. it was home to chinatown. in '08 we were here when archaeologist excavated the site for after trtifacts. later today the city could take the first step toward bringing the space back to life when council members decide whether or not to approve basic redevelopment plans for the site and give the go-ahead to continue talks with the developer. that developer would pay the city if they come to an agreement $24 million for this parcel and on it would build six-story apartment buildings housing 600 units and retail space, green space for events

like farmer's market and a new creative center for the arts. >> this is a very special place. this is one of the three surviving japantowns in the state of california. we know we have to get this right and it has to be right and not just for the developer or for the city coffers but it has to be right by the community. >> reporter: the city wanted this to happen years ago. we're talking about 2007, 2008. they seemed to have an agreement back then but that development company pulled out because of the recession. now we're in better times and the city and the developer are both hoping that maybe with a better economy they can get this thing going again. reporting live in japantown in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." san jose earthquakes will officially start construction on their new stadium today. the $60 million project was started in october when the team held this guinness world ground breaking ceremony.

so many people came out there weren't enough shovels to go around. the 18,000-seat stadium is scheduled to be complete in the spring. let there be light as in energy efficient light in san jose more than 2,000 l.e.d. street lights have replaced those amber colored lights that currently dot the landscape. this is a side by side comparison to show you the difference between the old lights and the new ones. you can tell quite a bit of difference there. san jose one of the very first cities nationwide to install these new energy efficient lights. this year the city alone planning to add 500 more of them. the city's ultimate goal is to have 62,000 lights changed over the next decade. >> bright lights. big city there. it's 6:15. here's a quick check of the day's top stories we're following. at least 19 tourists from europe and asia have been killed in a fiery crash on a hot air balloon in egypt. officials say the balloon caught fire mid air and then it just crashed to the ground.

two survivors are now in the hospital. an ohio teenager accused of killing three classmates in a high school cafeteria planning to plead guilty in court today. t.j. lane's plea coming a day before the one-year anniversary of the shooting which happened at shardon high school east of cleveland. two key republicans will meet with president obama at the white house to talk about immigration reform. arizona arizona john mccain and lindsay graham are part of a bipartisan senate group who want to fix the immigration system. and new this morning, we now know what the outgoing pope will be called during retirement. pope benedict xvi will be known as emeritus pope and he'll go by your holiness benedict xvi. the pope made the decision himself. the pope is stepping down officially this thursday. >> cool. you can decide. >> call me your holiness.

whatever he wants, he gets. >> he's the big daddy. hewlett packard ceo meg whitman joined a group of republicans breaking from the party to support gay marriage. >> scott mcgrew says she's been pretty hard to pin down on this issue. >> she's held a number of positions. good morning. as ceo of ebay, she was for benefits to domestic partners, which at the time in the 1990s was progressive. her views moved right when she ran for governor of california as a republican. at that time she supported prop 8, which defined marriage as between a man and woman. she's hoping the supreme court will strike down prop 8. whitman joined a number of republicans in filing a court brief urging the supreme court to strike that prop down. that brief also signed by former president george w. bush and other prominent republicans including former utah governor jon huntsman. yesterday we reported donald trump had written a strange

tweet in support of yahoo! ceo marissa mayer. trump was reacting to news that mayer was ending work from home programs at yahoo! and trump said mayer is right in wanting women to come in and no longer work from home. who knows what they're doing there. he has since deleted that tweet issued a new one changing the word women to yahoo! employees. and finally, space x ready to go back to the international space station video from the previous docking here. elon musk's company conducted one last test. they are looking a lift off on friday morning at 7:10. we'll cover that because it's so cool to watch. >> the arm coming out and connecting. >> totally exciting. >> looking forward to friday. thanks a lot. >> flexing those biceps out here. >> trying to keep up with you

laidodies out here. >> feels like springlike temperatures out there. >> take that shake weight outside today, jon kelley. >> i haven't tried that one yet. >> sure you haven't. 6:18. it's very, very good. it gets those muscles going. 6:18. if you want to get your muscles going this morning, the weather is cooperating really nicely. i want to point out highest point we can this is san bruno. we have a lot of cameras placed across the bay area. this is highest camera we can take you to and as you can see here it's crystal clear. really glassy out there on the bay. just a beautiful way to start the day. temperatures are a little chilly to start. it's not too bad. it's been so dry out there even where temperatures are below, it's at the freezing mark and not expecting a lot of frost. it's possible in napa. 30 degrees where they leave sprinklers on. petaluma, 30 degrees for you. san jose, 39. we're at 40 in campbell. just want to point out that we don't have any fog to slow you

down this morning. that's good news. the winds are really starting to relax. overnight they whipped through the east bay hills. you'll notice a layer of haze today. happy to report even with that haze in our atmosphere, we're still in the good air quality range and that will be the case for tomorrow as well. so we'll hold onto that good air quality even with high pressure driving winds offshore. open up windows and breathe it if you don't suffer from allergies. pollen levels are high. we have breezy conditions every afternoon picking up for the next couple days. 68 degrees in livermore today. 65 degrees in san jose. this is perfection. if you are looking for the 70s, we'll see more tomorrow as temperatures creep up even more so. the low 70s return inland by thursday. mid 70s on the way for friday. it's going to be such a great day for a barbecue, for hitting the beach and game of golf. 65 on sunday. a storm lurking offshore monday. rain and cold on the way for tuesday. get it while you can. let's check that drive.

good morning, mike. >> good morning. the windmill one is hardest one on the course for you. the one where it swings over the hole. over here the bay bridge. that's the hard part right now for east bay commuters into the city. a build past 880. traffic tuesday. we see heavy flow of traffic and east shore freeway speeds are still in upper 50s. we see a lot of company for you, folks. maps are playing it out the same way as sensors show. yellow out of richmond down in toward university avenue. you're okay until you get to berkeley curve and then it slams down. bottom of the screen is the other big issue. the big issue for oakland commuters. north 880 approaching broadway we have three vehicles involved in a crash. there's debris around the lanes and we have maybe three lanes blocked. we can confirm two lanes are blocked. chp has yet to get on scene and a couple other crews. slowing north of the coliseum, all of the way up to the scene

west 580. look at how clear that is. if you get over there, that's your alternate. they have not yet let big rigs go through the area. keep that in mind heading up toward the maze. we're tracking that crash there. meanwhile, we have another incident reported sounds like another crash maybe a fender-bender south 880 passing 238. that's heading down toward hayward where the build is on here and approaching san mateo bridge. no drama there. still waiting on details for that south 880 at 238 crash. look at fremont. as it picks up through this area, just a little bit. right now we're getting a break. biting my tongue. smooth drive toward milpitas and into the south bay. let's get a look at traffic coming into tri-valley with slowing north. southbound through sunol no drama and no surprises. just a build there. northbound routes through the south bay, 101, 887 and 85 starting the build.

they reopened the intersection monterey highway at bellevue. that's good news. that deadly crash investigation has cleared from the roadway. back to you. >> all right. all clear. 6:22 right now, we'll tell you where an eagle was found tree sitting and how her handlers brought her home. we'll have that just ahead. a live look outside this morning. the moon is so glorious out there. it's perfect weather. we're still in winter. premature dash of spring. we'll keep checking that forecast for you and morning commute as you attempt to head out the door. a lot more ahead. 6:23.

a bald eagle out for a joyride is now safely back at home on the peninsula. 24-year-old lives at the palo alto junior coliseum and zoo. her trainer lets her fly free. does it from time to time. last weekend she decided to take off and didn't come back. >> she took off on saturday afternoon midway through the flight. she had half of her dinner. headed north and kept heading north and heading north. >> why? because she's an eagle. she says they were able to track the eagle using a gps

transmitter that they have in her tail after several days of flying free she did come in for a landing in redwood city. she usually responds to his call and food but takes off every once in a while every three years or so on an adventure. at this point he's not going to ground her. take it easy on her. happy she's home. >> such regal looking birds. >> powerful. >> they can do whatever they want. >> 6:27 right now. a holdup for hagel. could a new round of haggling keep a controversial nominee out of the president's cabinet? we'll explain just ahead.

haggling over hagel. plus an outlandish star on an overseas trip. we'll tell you why dennis rodman is making his way to north korea. we'll have that one just ahead.

a live look outside at the markets this morning out of new york. it is tuesday, february 26th as we await the opening bell and see how stocks will trade for today. this is "today in the bay." good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelley. good morning, everybody. this morning that decision to appoint chuck hagel as successor for secretary of defense still being sorted out as it drags out on capitol hill and nobody wants an answer more than leon panetta. the former defense secretary and santa clara university graduate now working from home in monterey county while that confirmation hearing continues out on capitol hill. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live in washington, d.c. this morning and chuck hagel, a controversial pick for that position but right now the questions are his biggest critics are they ready to move

finally forward on a nomination for that final vote. >> senators john mccain and lindsey graham say they are and they will allow this to come to a floor vote. republicans blocked that almost two weeks ago. now it looks like we may see two votes today. one to let the process move forward and then perhaps a final vote on hagel's nomination despite the pushback he got from his own party from republicans, former colleagues here looks like they are ready to do that. the question is how quickly might that happen. republicans have the option of having 30 hours of debate first and we're still waiting to see whether they will forego that. >> i tell you what, nothing is ever easy on capitol hill and the secretary of defense leon panetta is trying to go into retirement back here home in california and of course expressing how frustrated he is with his holdup here. is he planning, have you heard, to head back to washington for today's confirmation hearing? >> no. from what we hear he'll watch it

from right there in california. his walnut ranch. he'll watch it on cspan is what we heard. he's out of d.c. a couple farewells. working from home. he hoped to be off the job a couple weeks ago. all of this got postponed. he's hoping today will be his last official day on the job. >> chuck saying let me get to retirement time. all right. thank you very much. we'll keep our eye on this one. also keeping an eye on santa clara university's first female valedictorian janet napolitano delivering her address today. she will talk about how the department responded to evolving threats and improvements made since hurricane katrina and she's asking congress to reach a spending agreement that will affect funding to national security. the clock ticking toward

friday if lawmakers on capitol hill can't come up with a compromise. small airports say cuts would take away overnight air traffic controllers. the white house says federal aid programs that pay for heating, food for new mothers and money for school construction would also go. unemployment checks could be cut by 10%. >> layoff notices families are preparing to cut back on expenses. >> the president really ought to stop campaigning and come back to the table and work with us. >> today president obama visiting a virginia ship builder concerned about jobs. we're also expecting to hear from federal reserve chair ben bernanke on the economic impact that it would have nationwide. >> let's hear from meteorologist christina loren right now. she's got a look at our forecast for today. nice sunrise. >> beautiful sunrise. good morning to you, laura and jon. good morning to you at home. thanks for waking up with us.

i want to show you first and foremost we're nice and clear from the coast through inland cities. it's just a beautiful start to the day. patchy fog out there. not a lot to talk about and your visibility right at the surface is looking good. want to show you statewide temps. this is highly unusual. it only happens when we have offshore flow. inland temperatures, comparable latitudes. 45 degrees in los angeles. 46 in palm springs. now traditionally the clouds keep you much more mild at the coast but offshore flow pushes that clouds back out to sea. as a result you're just as warm this morning in fresno as monterey or cold i should say. 39 degrees in san jose and 36 in livermore. into the east bay, concord right now at 36 degrees. 38 for danville. 38 degrees to start in pleasanton. you need a jacket. something to peel off by 10:00 a.m. with temperatures already in the 60s at 10:00. most of your inland cities. plentiful afternoon sunshine on wa the way for us. more 70s inland and then throughout the end of the week into the first part of the

weekend, we peak in the mid to upper 70s. so good looking weather continues. 68 degrees inland. bayside, 66. at the coast, 63 degrees. your full forecast seven day coming up in a minute ready to go in my next report. it's traffic tuesday. your cameras are getting busy. >> i expected fremont to have more traffic. you heard how surprised i was at how light those headlights. the southbound side right here heading past tesla and truck scales there. here's the deal. look at the map just before you get here. north of here there's a crash that happened as i was doing my report last time. we didn't know about it there. southbound 880. reports of a motorcycle down and at one point all traffic was stopped. this is just for a minute or two. that's what caused the traffic break at that camera. now traffic is flowing slowly past the scene. one lane is blocked by the fire crew. emergency crew that's there. reports are that the driver was down on the roadway. now we're waiting for updates. it sounds like only one lane is

blocked south 880. look at that jam. you can use cherry street and cut over on auto mall. that's a great alternate for you. north 880, now just the slow lane. off-ramp at oak street blocked but a big distraction. we see slowing from the coliseum. live look out there. we'll show you what it's like there. northbound at the top of your screen slowing at the high street high rise. the build is on. we'll talk about it coming up. there you can see for yourself northbound 101. >> it's 6:36 right now. no scores, no accountability. earlier this month we exposed many silicon valley restaurants are keeping health inspection results a secret. a secret from you. the investigative unit did not stop there. now we take hidden cameras inside 50 popular restaurants across the bay area to counties where restaurants are scored and required to post that information for all to see. it's posupposed to force restaurants to clean up because most customers that see a low

score wouldn't want to eat there. we found just because it's the rule, doesn't mean it's being followed. >> as long as it is available for guests to read, it doesn't have to be in public view. we have to keep it up for a certain amount of days after that evaluation. then we can take it down as long as it is assessable to guests. >> the person that says they can take it down after a few days is totally incorrect. >> that was a manager. >> it's totally incorrect. >> why do you think so many restaurants aren't complying? >> it's not high priority for them or if they have a bad score, it's not something any necessarily want customers to come see. >> tonight we take you inside well known eateries and show you which restaurants gave us bad information and how they really scored. that's tonight coming up at 11:00. >> still ahead, a police officer behind bars. we have new details about the on the job attacks targeted at women just ahead. plus, a deadly drop. we'll tell you how a hot air balloon full of tourists fell from the sky overnight. we'll have that story just

ahead. dennis rodman becomes america's latest envoy to north korea. piercings and all. what we learn about the unexpected visit just ahead. [ mom ] dear chex cereal, i just had to write. you can't imagine how long i've been searching for something like this for my family. i'm amazed you make so many great flavors that are gluten free. my guys are crazy for chocolate chex and honey nut chex. for me, it's cinnamon. it means a lot to be able to

give them something that's good for them, that also puts smiles on their faces. 'cause i really love those smiles. we're the harris family. and we love chex. [ male announcer ] love chex? connect with us on facebook.

developing story in egypt where at least 19 foreign tourists are dead after a fire and explosion sends a hot air balloon crashing right to the ground more than 300 miles south of cairo.

that balloon was 1,000 feet up in the air when it suddenly fell to the ground in a sugar cane field. two survivors are now hospitalized. among the 19 killed are tourists from france, britain, china and japan. new this morning, israeli police say a rocket fired into israel from the gaza strip has damaged a road. no one was injured. this is the first time a rocket fired from gaza has landed in israel since fighting along the border last november. also new this morning, nba hall of famer dennis rodman arriving in pyongyang, north korea. he's traveling with three members of the harlem globetrotters. they say footage will be used for a new tv show set to air on hbo in early april. i did a sunday night show with rodman back in chicago during the bull's championships. second only to michael jordan,

the most popular nba player on the planet. >> quite a character. coming up, bloomberg goes west. we'll tell you about the mayor of new york city making a stop in silicon valley. an attack on a newspaper vendor turns deadly. could the sequester make airports safer? we'll take a look at that odd idea coming up. a man in blue behind bars. we'll tell you about the attacks targeted at women he's accused of carrying out on patrol. right now we take it outside live. a scenic look over san jose. the sun coming up. christina says it will be beautiful. back in minutes.

we have an update to breaking news in san jose. a woman is dead after being hit by a car overnight. now san jose police are searching for that driver. "today in the bay's" marla tellez is the first reporter on scene of that crash south of downtown near the municipal baseball stadium where the roads have just reopened out there. marla, what are investigators telling you at this hour? >> reporter: the crime scene is no longer. san jose police opening up monterey highway at bellevue avenue just about 6:15. just over a half hour ago. it's been closed for more than five hours up until that point. right over my shoulder is where they say that this woman was struck and killed as she was trying to cross monterey road about 1:00 this morning. they say someone driving a dark colored vehicle possibly a honda hit her. police say a few people witnessed the deadly hit-and-run and say the car took off southbound on monterey with some pretty bad front end damage.

the sergeant handling the investigation says at this point it's too early to tell how fast the car was going though the sergeant assumes the vehicle was traveling about 50 miles per hour. there's not a crosswalk out here either and police say at 1:00 a.m. it's hard to see pedestrians. >> lighting out here, it is dim. at 1:00 in the morning, it's still very hard to see somebody even if they are dressed in bright clothing and following the speed limit it's hard to see somebody and stop in time. >> reporter: now i asked the sergeant about the possibility of drugs or alcohol and he says so far there's no indication of any of that. as for the woman who was killed, she was taken to the hospital where she died about 1:50 this morning. police say they are waiting to notify next of kin before they release her information. again, san jose police are looking for the driver of a dark colored vehicle possibly a honda

with some severe front end damage. if you know anything about this deadly hit-and-run, you are asked to call san jose police. live in san jose, marla tellez, "today in the bay." all right. sun up over the bay area earlier and earlier these days. nice forecast too. >> happy to see it. >> happy to see it. sun is coming up. the moon is setting. let's show you what's left of it. jon kelley wants to see a full moon this morning. 6:47. and every morning for that matter. is that not spectacular? >> that's youawe inspiring. >> we'll put this on facebook for you we like it so much. we're posting weather updates there. nbc bay area. search it on facebook. a beautiful start to the day. this is san francisco. you'll notice old glory getting a pick up from the winds. winds will strengthen today as they did yesterday. that's very nice way to kick off a tuesday. 42 degrees in san francisco right now. 39 in san jose. 34 degrees close to freezing in

gilroy and most of our windchill in interior valleys. where you see calm winds, cold conditions. grab your coat. winds won't be as strong as yesterday. they have fallen below advisory criteria. this is what we expect. we stop the clock at 4:00 p.m. yesterday and we get gusts to 40 miles per hour. we're going to see more like 25 to 30-mile-per-hour gusts and mostly at the coastline through higher elevations where we lack friction. that's it for today. good air quality and temperatures about five to ten degrees above average for this time of year. it's still winter. we'll hit 68 degrees in livermore. 69 in fairfield. 65 degrees in fremont today and this is perfect for us. down south in los angeles, temperatures in the 80s. we'll take upper 60s and low 70s and give your heater a break. you'll need it next week with a storm system on the way for tuesday bringing back the rain and the cold. enjoy that warmup. 6:48. let's check your drive. good morning, mike. >> tough morning. traffic tuesday we've had a lot

of slowing basically the nimitz earning the nasty nimitz nickname this morning. south 880 slammed down as far as speeds go because of that crash around the stevenson boulevard area. motorcycle is down in the lanes and so is the driver. fire truck was on scene basically a paramedic emergency crews just cleared the area and just closed the incident as far as chp is concerned so now we see slowing that you saw bleed down here toward the area. bleed is a bad choice of words. no major injuries reported and a all lanes are cleared. in just ten minutes, we have traffic a steady stream out of union city clamping down when you get to fremont passing off the dumbarton bridge and down toward stevenson. it's tough. fremont may get you through. just stick it out and you can stay on 880 there. also slow 880 south of 238. earlier crash nothing really came of that. sounds like everything is on the

shoulder. hayward into union city also off castro valley y. north 880 at oak. crash cleared. all traffic starting to recover. still very slow around the coliseum. live look shows you how things shape up there as well. it's bogging down around high street high rise. that's the worst of it. tri-valley shows slowing for 580 and 680 south through sunol and now starting to see slowing out of pleasanton and down toward sunol grade and south bay itself northbound routes a problem here but north monterey road cleared after the earlier crime scene. that's your south bay traffic. back to you. new details this morning in a deadly attack on an elderly newspaper vendor in san francisco. "today in the bay's" christie smith joins us live near the montgomery b.a.r.t. station where the man most recently sold papers. the victim is really a fixture in san francisco. he sold newspapers there for about 30 years we understand. >> reporter: absolutely. very well known as well liked. where this happened is busy pretty much any time of day.

market at montgomery. police are saying it was around 11:00 in the morning and someone just threw the 77-year-old man to the ground and dropped him to the pavement. he had a hospital stay but now died from his injuries. as you said very well known and well liked newspaper vendor for at least 30 years. dallas ayers sold the chronicle most recently near the montgomery b.a.r.t. station where we just spoke with james miller now working that stand. he says ayers is a longtime family friend. he said that his hip was hurt in that assault but he hurt it a few years ago and thinks it's possible the suspect may have taken his wallet because it is missing. police are just calling this a battery. even after the first hip injury though, he told us that ayers wanteded to g ed ted to get bac because he liked working and liked staying busy. >> he was a sweet man. he helped those around him whoever needed it. he always helped me and i always helped him.

he did lead a quiet life though. >> reporter: this morning a customer dropped off flowers at that newsstand. the suspect is described as a white man with a full beard, 35 to 40 years old standing about 5'9". he was wearing a sweater, blue jeans and black shoes. miller says that ayers had been mugged a couple times in the past and never even carried any cash in his wallet. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." this morning police using a unique move using billboards to track down the prime suspect in a shooting and fiery crash that shut down a las vegas strip. advertising firms donating billboard space across southern nevada to alert the public of a manhunt for 26-year-old ammar harris. the search spreading to the southeast where harris once lived. harris was inside an suv that fired shots at a maserati killing kenneth cherry.

his car spun out of control hitting a taxi cab that burst into flames killing both people inside the taxi. west sacramento police officer is accused of sexually assaulting women while on patrol duty. investigators say sergio alvarez used his position to stop and assault at least six women. alvarez is behind bars in jail on $26.3 million bond. we have new images of an east bay couple who simply vanished in peru. surveillance cameras showed garrett hand and jamie neal at a bus station in lima on january 26th. they went on a bicycling trip back in november but haven't been heard from since january 25th. today a 47-year-old father will be arraigned on murder charges in monterey county. he is accused of causing the death of his 10-month-old daughter whose body was found in a field in castroville a week ago today.

a funeral mass for 10-month-old girl will be held at 11:00 this morning at our lady of refuge church in castroville. a cal swim coach sharing her story of surviving child sex abuse on the oprah winfrey network today. she sued the moraga school district saying they did not enough to stop the abuse. more details about a fire that swept through an elderly care home in walnut creek last night forcing five people out of their homes. those residents are now being cared for at nearby facilities. early reports suggest flames were ignited on a kitchen stove and then spread to nearby cabinets. an elderly woman was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. san jose city council today taking a look at plans to revitalize its japantown. that new plan would add 600 new retail units, thousands of square feet in retail space and an amphitheater.

the developments would be placed on the city's former corporation yard bordered by 6th and 7th street and taylor and jackson. if all goes well, the council could vote on a plan in six eight months. the state of california putting out a new license plate dedicated to the prominent agriculture industry. it features a sunrise over a green field of crops with the words food, fiber, fuel, flora. the new plates will be available next month. new york city mayor michael bloomberg will be the commencement speaker at stanford university this year. the university's president says bloomberg is just a good fit to speak because of his reputation as a businessman, entrepreneur. the university's commencement weekend is set for june 14th through the 16th. >> always interesting to hear. 6:55. more good news about housing.

prices rose last year more than they have in all of the years since the recession. >> sounds like a smooth ride, scott mcgrew. that may help the markets recover from yesterday's drubbing. >> kay shiller says american hopes measured in top 20 biggest cities rose an average of nearly 1% in december. that's the late month measured. keep it mind this imaginary average house we're talking about. still worth 29% less than it was at the height of the bubble and ideally never will be again because that's why it was a bubble. taking a look at the markets. dow industrials are up 83 points this morning. now 96 points. nasdaq up six after yesterday's amazing drubbing on the dow. down better than 200 points. foreign policy magazine this morning writing about friday's sequester and effect it will have on tsa. homeland security has said it will take agents out of the security line. the magazine's security expert says that could make the airport

safer. it's an interesting contrarian point of view. if you have half as many people looking for the bad guys, you have to concentrate on the real threats. you don't pay attention to 90-year-old man, 3 year old in a stroller. you have to reprioritize. it's an interesting idea. they did this with lighters. you couldn't take a lighter on an airplane. go ahead. we're spending so much time looking for lighters, we're not looking for bombs. they were catching 20,000 lighters a year. >> interesting. okay. good to know. thank you very much. it's 6:57. san jose's film festival a huge event in the south bay. it kicks off tonight. the festival runs through march 10th and will feature actor harrison ford. this year's maverick spirit aword winner. tonight it starts with opening night gala at the california leader. that lovely lady there, our own christina loren will be walking the red carpet just like she did last year. what will she wear?

>> everybody talks about the oscars wardrobe. i want to know what you're going to rock this year? >> christina loren doesn't know what she's going to wear? she has to pick it up after the show. good morning to you. you know, harrison ford is going to be there. you know i'll think big. good morning to you. we think big numbers in the weather department today. unseasonably mild by 5 to 10 degrees and we keep on climbing as we head into the end of the week. temperatures today are going to be comfortable. upper 30s and low 40s to start heading toward upper 60s. full forecast every 15 minutes throughout the "today" show. let's check your drive. good morning, mike. >> bad news/good news situation. fremont getting hit with traffic southbound past truck scales and tesla all lanes are clear. the map north of there stevenson we had that motorcycle crash. all lanes cleared from that area. backup out of hayward, union city, all of the way south into fremont. that's what is getting into the area and that's what's causing the slowing into the south bay. there you go.

back to you. >> thank you very much. 6:58. a final check of the day's top stories for you. at least 19 tourists from europe and asia have been killed in a fiery crash on the hot air balloon in egypt. officials say the balloon caught fire mid air and then crashed to the ground. two survivors are now in the hospital. it is still rough in the midwest. winter storms could drop up to 24 inches of snow in parts of kansas. the latest storm is the same one being blamed for two deaths and widespread power outages across texas and oklahoma. two key senate republicans will meet with president obama at the white house today to talk about immigration reform. arizona's john mccain and lindsey graham of south carolina are part of a bipartisan senate group who want to fix the immigration system. >> a lot to talk about on capitol hill. let's get the budget together, gentlemen, to move along and ladies out there to get this thing out of the way. please. >> we'll follow that and all of the day's news.

that is what's happening "today in the bay." we thank you for joining us. we'll be back with a local news update at 7:25. >> go out and enjoy that sunshine. christina says it will be sprinkled on us all day long. have a great one. we'll see you tomorrow. good morning. breaking news. at least 19 tourists are dead as a hot air balloon explodes into a fireball and crashes in egypt. the pilot, alive, but injured after jumping from the basket. we're live with new information from the scene. deja vu. heavy snow and strong winds causing misery in the midwest right now. a powerful and deadly storm shutting down highways and several states that were hit hard just last week and now it's marching east. and meltdown. what not to do the next time you miss a flight. this guy's baggage could put him

out of a job "today," tuesday, february 26th, 2013. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a tuesday morning. i'm savannah guthrie. >> and i'm matt lauer. let's start with that story coming out of egypt. it's a tragic story. we're getting the first images of that hot air balloon crash in that country. >> it happened in the popular tourist destination of luxor, about 300 miles south of cairo. let's get to nbc's ayman mohyeldin. >> reporter: they have no reason to believe any americans were involved in this deadly accident. however, egyptian officials have confirmed that asians and